Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 24 November 2021 and in view of the fact the projected cost range of this project in the NDP is €100 to €250 million, if the project is projected to cost a total of €75 million (details supplied); the other sources of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61831/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I should first explain this project is managed by the Tyndall National Institute/UCC in the first instance. I understand that the EIB loan of €75m for a new building, together with other investments competitively won through SFI and others such as philanthropy, borrowings and own resources, equates to a total investment package in excess of €100m over the lifetime of the NDP 2018 to 2027.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the Royal Irish Academy of Music redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61832/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Co-Funding of €6.8m from my Department with an additional €3m from the Department of Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has been approved for the redevelopment of the Royal Irish Academy of Music's (RIAM) premises at Westland Row. The balance of funding will be supplied by RIAM largely through philanthropy and their own resources.

The redevelopment will facilitate the Academy in expanding its capacity at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including a projected additional 108 full-time students and 1,291 part-time students.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of direct Exchequer funding that is being provided to deliver the upgrading of the E3 Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61833/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Funding of €15m has been approved towards a co-funded building for Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technologies (E3) on TCD’s main campus.

The new building aims to integrate engineering, technology and the natural sciences in order to strengthen technological innovation and natural capital through world-leading research, education, and entrepreneurship.